tonight at ten, as the number of dead exceeds 40,000, more aid is now on the way for the survivors of last week's earthquakes. in syria, this was the only border crossing from turkey until today. but now there's another in use. will this be enough to help the millions who are now thought to be homeless? and second, if this had been done earlier, could more lives have been saved? we'll have the latest from our correspondent laura bicker on the humanitarian crisis that's been growing by the day. also tonight... ford announces the loss of 1,300 jobs in the uk, most of them in essex, with thousands more in the eu.

the welsh government says it's scrapping the majority of new road—building schemes to protect the environment. police now say the murder of a transgender girl in warrington could have been a hate crime, having previously said there was no evidence to suggest that. in february, the bbc starts a new television service. bbc wales. and it's been a hundred years of the bbc in wales. so we'll be looking back, and looking forward. and coming up on the bbc news channel. it's the champions league last 16, with tottenham in italy looking to take their chances against seven time winners ac milan.

good evening and welcome to bbc news at ten, which comes tonight from cardiff in a week when the the bbc is celebrating a century of broadcasting in wales. our main story today is the race to get more aid into southern turkey and northern syria, where the number of dead after last week's earthquakes is now more than 40,000, with millions left without shelter in freezing conditions with little food and poor sanitation. the challenge in northern syria is particularly difficult, the political situation is unstable after years of war, and control of the border is split between the syrian government and rebel groups. but president assad of syria has now approved the use of two new border crossings, at bab al—salam and al—rai, to allow deliveries of un aid.

a convoy crossed through bab al—salam this afternoon. until today, aid has been routed through a single crossing point at bab al—hawa. 0ur correspondent laura bicker has been there and sent this report. every day in antakya, relatives huddle around piles of rubble that were once family homes, waiting for news. but rescue efforts have slowly become recovery missions, and now, as workers comb through bricks and dust, the hope is of finding a body to say a final farewell. 30 people are entombed in what is left of this building. layers of concrete are pulled apart to reveal the remains of someone's living room. five of this woman's family live here. translation: all of those people died while screaming, _ "save us, save us."

there was no one. human life has no value in turkey. there are some who are still defying the odds. after more than 200 hours, two women were pulled from deep within the ruins. at least three others were rescued in other parts of turkey, but there are fewer miracle moments each day. and for survivors, living in fractured cities where damaged buildings are still collapsing, coping with freezing temperatures with no heating, little water and food, is becoming more difficult by the day. translation: they're asking for wet wipes, soaps, shampoos. _ there's water, but there's nowhere to take a shower. people are struggling. president erdogan has denied accusations that his administration's response to this disaster was slow. translation: obviously our country has faced issues that would have -

been seen in any part of the world, but our people should have no doubt that our state went all out to reach the earthquake zone. the wait for aid has been longer in syria, but more is now on its way. until today, this was the only route available for aid to get through to syria, but the united nations has now organised two other border crossings. but it leaves key questions. first, will this be enough to help the millions who are now thought to be homeless? and second, if this had happened earlier, could more lives have been saved? the search for survivors in idlib is over. the living are now focused on staying warm and alive. this has been one of the world's deadliest earthquakes, but without urgent help, this disaster could claim even more lives. laura bicker, bbc news, in antakya.

as laura was suggesting there, in turkey there is evidence of growing angeras turkey there is evidence of growing anger as survivors complain about the speed of the government's response. more questions are asked about building standards. 0ur correspondent caroline davies has visited the site of a hospital in southern turkey which collapsed with hundreds of people inside. after the agony of waiting, the final glimmer of hope extinguished. a body is found. "papa, papa," they scream as his body is carried away. this metres—high pile of rubble was once an intensive care unit and wards of a hospital. now the families who wait here say they've paid out of their own pockets for the machinery and fuel to find the missing. when the turkish official search

and rescue teams, afad, came today, here with the red scarf, they were met with anger. "what you should have done on the first day, you're doing on the ninth day," shouts this man. the team left. translation: we lost our loved ones. we have taken our dead at midnight last night, and theyjust come now? beds, medical notes and machinery, twisted and buried. the rescuers say they believe 300 people were in here when the earthquake hit. they don't know for certain how many got out alive. people are angry about what's happened here, not least because of a report that was published on the health ministry's website in 2012, over a decade ago. when they did an earthquake resistance test on this block, the result, it says, was negative. this man works as a translator. his grandmother and her brother were inside. this is all the fault

of a person or people, and the government, of course. i would clearly say that, because it's obvious. everyone can see that. this is not destiny. this is fault. the ministry did not respond to our request to see if anything had been done to remediate the building. this is just one site in one city in one part of turkey. but across this earthquake area, there are growing angry, urgent questions. what more could have been done to save the dead? caroline davis, bbc news, iskenderun in southern turkey. back home, and officialfigures show that pay has grown at its fastest rate for more than 20 years, but it's still failing to keep up with rising prices. the office for national statistics says average wages rose by more

than 6.5% between october and december, as employers came under pressure to respond to the rising cost of living. the latest figures also showed close to record low levels of unemployment, as our business editor simonjack explains. thank you. could the answer to looking after the under—fives be found in the over—50s? this nursery in south london, like other businesses, is finding it harder, post—brexit and post pandemic, to find staff. it is turning to older workers to fill the gaps, and is waiting for seven workers over 50 tojoin. we have seen people come out of semi—retirement and join us, so people that have either got time on their hands or need to earn a bit of extra cash, and they have seen this as a flexible option to come back into the workplace and use life skills, as well as maybe prior relevant experience, so for us that is a great pool of people. there are 3.5 million people between 50 and 64 economically inactive. that means not looking for a job.

that's a fall of 56,000 over the last three months, and the demand for workers also fell slightly, with the number of vacancies down 76,000, but there are still 1.1 million unfilled jobs. the government wants to see more over—50s back at work. we have quite a long way to go to get back to where we were prepandemic. in fact, we would need to see those figures go down by about another 500,000 to get back to that point. so there is a huge amount of work to be done, but there are some encouraging signs at least, and they are early signs but encouraging signs over the last quarter, that those figures are beginning to come down. we still have millions of working age people who are not actively looking for a job, either because they are in education, unable to or maybe they are too unwell to look for a job, and that means that employers have to compete for the ones that are looking for a job, pushing wages up, which in turn pushes inflation up, which then makes people ask for higher wages, and it is that wage spiral that the bank of england is so afraid of. demand for workers is still outstripping supply, but falling vacancies show some

employers remain cautious. 2022 was a difficult year, having started out very optimistically, so i would say employers are looking to stabilise the situation, try and get through the first half of 2023, hopefully inflation stabilises and vacancies will start to grow again as the year progresses. private sector employers may be scaling back hiring on economic uncertainty, but that is not an option for the public sector who can't treat or teach fewer people, and whose wages are lagging well behind both the private sector and inflation, a major reason behind recent strikes. simon jack, bbc news. we'll be talking to simon in just a moment, because the vehicle manufacturer ford has announced it's

cutting around a fifth of its workforce in the 1,300 jobs are to go, most of them from the company's technical centre at dunton in essex. it's part of a major restructuring which will see 3,800 jobs going in europe, including more than 2,000 in germany. let's rejoin simon, our business editor. tell us more about what they have been announcing. this editor. tell us more about what they have been announcing.— have been announcing. this is a blow, have been announcing. this is a blow. 1300 _ have been announcing. this is a blow, 1300 jobs _ have been announcing. this is a blow, 1300 jobs going - have been announcing. this is a blow, 1300 jobs going here - have been announcing. this is a blow, 1300 jobs going here in i have been announcing. this is a i blow, 1300 jobs going here in the have been announcing. this is a - blow, 1300 jobs going here in the uk and 2000 in germany. across europe they are cutting 10% of the workforce, but it's a blow that falls disproportionately hit in the uk because around 20% of uk workers will lose a job, and these are good jobs, high—end production design and engineering jobs, and it is hoped most of that will be done through voluntary redundancy. ford today said they were unapologetically american. they are refocusing their efforts as they migrate to electric cars back to the us, and unapologetically american is something you might describe as new us economic policies byjoe biden which have made no secret, no apology, for trying to tempt as much manufacturing industry to the us as possible, and they are dangling

subsidies of $370 billion to encourage companies to move their production and supply chains there. the eu is rattled and trying to figure out how to respond. it is thought they might try to loosen the state aid rules so that governments can support their own car industries, the kind of state aid that the uk thought was constrained by membership of the eu, so the question is what will the uk do to respond? there is only one electric battery plant here in the uk, there are 35 either open, under construction or planned in the eu. we are going through a once in a century migration revolution in car manufacturing, and the map of where we build cars is being redrawn across the world, and leaders here are saying, if we want to be on that map, we need to act fast.— map, we need to act fast. simon, many thanks _ map, we need to act fast. simon, many thanks once _ map, we need to act fast. simon, many thanks once again. - map, we need to act fast. simon, many thanks once again. simon l map, we need to act fast. simon, - many thanks once again. simon jack, many thanks once again. simonjack, our business editor. here in wales, the welsh government has announced it's scrapping the majority of new road building

projects because of the potential harm to the environment. this is the shape of the major road network across wales. in 2021, the welsh government announced that all new road—building projects were being put on hold. today a review of 59 new roads gave the go—ahead to only 15 projects, the others have been rejected or will need to be revised. in future, all new routes will need to show they can reduce carbon emissions. 0ur wales correspondent hywel griffith has this report. the green fields of flintshire, where for 14 years plans for a new a road have been up in the air. just the impact on the landscape as well, it would have completely changed it. and forever, wouldn't it? never the same again. today, finally for these campaigners, the news they had hoped for. the so—called red route here won't go ahead as planned, along with most new road projects in wales.

forjenny, it's a huge relief. it's been like a massive cloud, and you get up every morning, i look across the fields, look at our beautiful views — 0k, we don't own a view, but having said that, nature owns it. humans don't, nature does, and that is why we should be protecting nature. all new road projects in wales were stalled two years ago, to review their environmental impact. carbon emissions considered alongside economic costs. this ancient woodland, home to bats, badgers, barn owls and otters won't then have a dual carriageway cutting right through it. but some feel that road could have been a lifeline. we are receiving goods from mexico, all over america, and obviously europe. so you are global. this man's company exports around the world. they repair the telecoms kit that keeps us all connected. but he says stopping the new road here could cut off investment, and rolls back on promise made

by the welsh labour government. they are not pragmatic and they cannot be trusted. that is the key thing. they will suffer for it, but their reputation will be badly damaged. at the moment, we have got an emergency hitting our communities, our residents, our small businesses. ministers say the climate emergency takes precedence, but investment will come in public transport. we don't want to stop people driving by car, but we want to make sure they have a choice, because at the moment people don't feel they have a choice, they feel they have to have a car, even the poorest of households. so we have failed so far to put that public transport in? we have not invested enough for generations in public transport. you look at the continent, they have a better system than we have because they spend more than we have. we have been spending money endlessly on road schemes, which we have shown definitively simply add to the traffic. every government is trying to steer towards a greener future.

by slamming on the brakes, the welsh government says it can accelrate that change. hywel griffith bbc news, flintshire. clearly a highly controversial decision. let's talk to felicity evans, political editor at bbc wales. felicity, gave us the context, what is the thinking behind this and how will it play out? you is the thinking behind this and how will it play out?— will it play out? you are right, huw, it is _ will it play out? you are right, huw. it is very _ will it play out? you are right, huw, it is very controversial. will it play out? you are right, l huw, it is very controversial and will it play out? you are right, - huw, it is very controversial and a complete upheaval of traditional road—building policy, and something which raises a question perhaps for other uk government about how aggressive they want to be in driving the reduction in carbon emissions from road building and personal car use. now, the welsh government says that in doing this, they are not saying they will never build another new road, but when you look at the criteria that new projects will now have to meet, it

is hard to see any major new road getting the go—ahead, looking into the future. and as you suggest, it is controversial. they were conservatives saying it will damage the economy, some of welsh labour's own backbenchers were expressing criticism, concerned about voter backlash as projects are scrapped. now, remember, welsh labour has been in powerfor more now, remember, welsh labour has been in power for more than two decades, and the public transport in many places is poor. now, the nationalist party, plaid cymru, say that the welsh government needs to sort out public transport in order to ease the transition away from personal car use, and ministers say that in taking money away from road—building, they will have it to invest in public transport, to improve that, but right now there is a gap where driving becomes increasingly unappealing but there is not a viable public transport

option for everyone to use. the deputy minister driving this insist difficult choices have to be made to fight climate change.— difficult choices have to be made to fight climate change. felicity, many thanks again. _ fight climate change. felicity, many thanks again, felicity _ fight climate change. felicity, many thanks again, felicity evans, - fight climate change. felicity, many thanks again, felicity evans, bbc i thanks again, felicity evans, bbc wales' political editor with her analysis. police investigating the killing of a 16—year—old transgender girl, brianna ghey, have said they're now considering whether it could have been a hate crime. brianna was found lying with stab wounds in a park in warrington on saturday. police have been granted a 30—hour extension to question a boy and girl, both aged 15, who have been arrested on suspicion of murder. 0ur north of england correspondent fiona trott is in warrington. well, huw, this is where brianna was found, in the middle of the afternoon, found by passers—by, lying on a path, she had been stabbed several times. brianna was a transgender girl, people have told us that is why they have come here

to lay flowers, but her death has affected people beyond warrington. look at the crowds in liverpool earlier tonight. look at the crowds in liverpool earliertonight. up look at the crowds in liverpool earlier tonight. up to 1000 people gathered there to hold a vigil in her memory, organised by members of the trans community and supporters. more events are planned tomorrow in manchester, glasgow, belfastand york. as for the investigation itself, cheshire police have said all lines of inquiry are being explored, including whether this was a hate crime, and detectives have been given more time to question two children arrested on sunday, a boy and a girl, aged 15 years old. brianna had a large following on social media. more people every day come here to lay flowers. and just to tell you, ed, a fundraising page set up for her family has tonight raised over £80,000. fiona, thank you very much for the latest from

warrington, that is fiona trott. the police watchdog has decided that two officers should be investigated over their failure to check allegations of indecent exposure against wayne couzens, the former policeman who pleaded guilty yesterday to three counts of indecent exposure. one of the offences took place just four days before couzens kidnapped and murdered sarah everard in 2021. one of the officers to be investigated resigned from the metropolitan police last year. nearly a year after russia's invasion of ukraine, president putin's regime is also waging a war against its critics at home. laws have been passed to punish anyone expressing criticism of the so—called "special military operation" in ukraine. being found guilty carries the risk of a long prison sentence. 0ur russia editor, steve rosenberg, has been to meet one young woman who was reported to the authorities by her fellow students. 20—year—old student 0lesya krivtsova has been missing

a lot of classes lately. she's under house arrest — her every move monitored by this electronic tag. for social media posts critical of the war in ukraine, 0lesya faces up to ten years in prison. she's been charged with discrediting the russian army and justifying terrorism. translation: i never imagined you could get such a long prisonj sentence for posting on the internet. i've already been added to the official list of terrorists — the list that includes school shooters and groups like islamic state. it's crazy. her putin spider tattoo declares, "big brother is watching you." it turns out that 0lesya's fellow students were watching her posts — closely. just before her arrest, 0lesya had discovered this online chat. in it, students — some she knew — were discussing denouncing her to the authorities

for her anti—war stance. translation: some of them wanted to tell the security services or the police. others were saying it's better just to discredit me. in the end, they decided that it was their duty as patriots to denounce me. the only time 0lesya's allowed out is to be in court. herfashion statement — her protest against young russians being punished for criticising the authorities. thejudge ruled to keep her under house arrest. from the russian people, the russian authorities expect total, unflinching support for the offensive in ukraine. if you don't support it, you're expected at the very least to stay silent. if you don't stay silent, well, there's a whole string of repressive laws now in russia for punishing dissent.

this opposition politician was convicted of spreading fake news about the army. ilya yashin was sent to prison for eight and a half years. for vladimir kara—murza, the charge is treason. the kremlin critic and anti—war activist faces 20 years in jail. 0n the streets of arkhangelsk, it's not big brother watching you — he's a russian soldier who was killed fighting in ukraine. the patriotic messaging is persuasive. we found little sympathy here for people with anti—war views who are being prosecuted. "those people who are discrediting our army or spreading fakes, they are sick in the head," konstantin says. "they should be sent off to the front line as cannon fodder." as for 0lesya, she says she dreams of a russia that embraces freedom of speech, where russians are not seen as criminals just for having

a different opinion. steve rosenberg, bbc news, arkhangelsk. football, and the champions league knockout stages have started tonight, with tottenham hotspur narrowly losing to ac milan in the first leg of their tie, as our correspondent andy swiss reports. remember that tune? after a three—month break, the champions league was back, but for tottenham, what would it bring? well, not theirs, they would have hoped, as in an ear—splitting san siro ac milan strike. brahim diaz the score, despite two stunning saves from fraser forster, a case of third time lucky. could spurs respond? so nearly it seemed, as just before the break harry kane came so close, the

offside flag sparing his blushes. after the interval, milan should have eased clear, two golden opportunities, but somehow they missed them. still a 1—0 defeat for tottenham, but with the second leg to come, it could have been far was. in the other game, a certain lionel messi and his paris saint—germain side faced bayern munich. for all his flair, bayern held firm. come the second half, kingsley coman fired the german champions to a 1—0 win. messi still has the return leg, but his team has work to do. andy swiss, bbc news. we're in cardiff to mark a special birthday, because a hundred years ago this week, the bbc started broadcasting here in wales. in a country with very few national institutions until fairly recently, bbc wales has been a major presence, promoting a sense of welsh identity,

putting welsh culture and sport on the map, with programmes in the two official languages of wales — welsh and english. it started with a few radio programmes in 1923, but the big change came with television. in february, the bbc starts a new television service — bbc wales. the bbc has been a giant presence in wales for decades, described as a "cultural conveyor belt" by one of its leaders. singing. and by the 1960s, its gleaming new headquarters on the outskirts of cardiff produced many hours of news, drama, education, music and sports programmes every week in two languages, with some notable achievements. if the bbc hadn't commissioned under milk wood in 1954, dylan thomas would never

have written it, and we wouldn't have it. bbc cymru wales, as it's now known, with a new home for the 21st century, has been there to mark some of the biggest events of the past century in wales — some uplifting, some utterly tragic. the disaster at aberfan in 1966, when a school was destroyed by a mountain of coal waste, claiming the lives of 116 children and 28 adults, was a searing moment for all of wales, with the world looking on in sympathy. archive: the prince of wales tonight sent this message - to the people of aberfan. "i send my deepest and heartfelt sympathy to all those who are bereaved and to those who are suffering." a few years later, the prince was being invested at caernarfon castle in a grand ceremony that wasn't without political controversy. it was the bbc�*s biggest outside broadcast since the coronation — and this one was in colour. he speaks welsh.

but it's a fair bet that the bbc�*s biggest connection with the people of wales over the years has been in sport, especially rugby, and who can forget the greatest try of all time with the greatest commentary by welshman cliff morgan? commentator: this is gareth edwards. a dramatic start... what a score! over the years, the bbc�*s longest running soap, pobol y cwm, has been a staple of the bbc�*s welsh language supply to s4c. she speaks welsh. and its annual coverage of the national eisteddfod is another major production effort on tv, radio and online. not to mention other high quality entertainment in both languages, enjoyed by audiences worldwide. someone tell me what the hell is going on here! at a time of huge competition in the creative sector, we are still attracting around about 92% of the people of wales to the bbc every week. but our role in that is to provide

a unique, distinctive and relative content for the people of wales, about wales, in both english and welsh. these days, with the law—making senedd in cardiff bay, it is a very different wales and a rather different bbc wales to that of 25 years ago. who could have predicted these scenes and that result? 0.3% nationwide in wales of a victory for the yes campaign, everything turning on carmarthenshire. what a terrifying transition from then to now! as someone once said, nothing has changed. i wish! then to now! as someone once said, nothing has changed. iwish! 0k, we are going to turn now to the weather with matt taylor. a lovely day in wales today, west wales the warmest part of the country, 16 degrees. this sunset was captured in the isle of man, saharan

dust adding to the colours, but this cloud is a